David Jaffe now wants to be known as Cliffy B

If you haven’t had a chance, you should really go check out David Jaffe’s blog site. He models it after some of the stuff Wil Wheaton has done, but it has a weird gamer- political bent.

Jaffe rants mostly about politics. He’s against the bailout. Sometimes, he gives quick glances on the project he’s working on.

In his most recent video, he has an interesting comment on game design philosophy. He doesn’t buy the giving-player-a-tool-set idea of gameplay. He says in some games it’s force fed to gamers. He espouses a more holistic approach. He talks about making games as an experience instead of math problem, where X mechanics are used in fresh interesting ways.

He also pokes fun at the whole Clifford Bleszinski-name thing. Now that Bleszinski no longer wants to be called Cliffy B, David Jaffe wants to take on the mantle.